library; book collection; paperback book
hot water (for drinking); tea; bath; bathhouse
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
town; city; municipal; urban
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
incident; affair; happening; event
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
dry riverbed; river beach
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub